Best Movie Soundtrack - ever

guitars4you

So we've seen a few recent postings for best gangster movie etc etc

So what are you favourite movie sound tracks

I'll get the ball rolling with

Pink Panther 
Summer of 42 - Michel Legrand
Windmills of your mind - from the Thomas Crown Affair

Maybe the best of all - Shaft

proggy

The Wall.

guitars4you

Just thinking about this, there is a difference between a movie with that great/well known 'theme' track like Pink Panther, or Dr No and the Saturday Night Fever style of movie, with an album full of well known songs

ICBM

Winner: Once Upon A Time In The West - Ennio Morricone

Nominated:

Once Upon A Time In America - Ennio Morricone
Blade Runner - Vangelis
Magnolia - Aimee Mann
Restless Natives - Big Country

zepp76

Dazed and confused, just brilliant.

ronnyb

Bullitt and Dirty Harry, in fact anything by Lalo Schifrin.

Sassafras

Most David Lynch films use music to great atmospheric effect.

breakstuff

Return Of The Living Dead.

 

monquixote

Slightly obscure one but Atomic by Mogwai (does it still count if it's a documentary?)

Daft Punk's Tron album is pretty good as well.

Miles Davis score to the film Jack Johnson is considered one of the greatest jazz albums of all time.

EricTheWeary

Not a very sophisticated choice I know but I'd probably go Dusk til Dawn. I really don't like it as a film but the music makes the entire thing tolerable. Really the soundtrack and some pictures of kittens for an hour would be fine.   

 guitars4you said:

Just thinking about this, there is a difference between a movie with that great/well known 'theme' track like Pink Panther, or Dr No and the Saturday Night Fever style of movie, with an album full of well known songs

But I think much of the SNF soundtrack was still written for the movie and became well known after? The more modern approach is to grab a bunch of well known tracks for instant reference ( my choice above sitting somewhere between the two as it has old stuff and some soundtrack specific material).

And whilst I'm here can I give honorary mention to:

    

guitars4you

Sassafras said:

Most David Lynch films use music to great atmospheric effect.

I think that the early 007 movies with the music arrangements of John Barry were very similar - The days of Sean and Spectre

vasselmeyer

This is a guitar forum so I'm going to limit myself to the best guitar-heavy soundtrack which is Mark Knopfler and Local Hero.

guitars4you

vasselmeyer said:

This is a guitar forum so I'm going to limit myself to the best guitar-heavy soundtrack which is Mark Knopfler and Local Hero.

my wife's favourite movie and she'd hug you for that choice 

vasselmeyer

guitars4you said:

vasselmeyer said:

This is a guitar forum so I'm going to limit myself to the best guitar-heavy soundtrack which is Mark Knopfler and Local Hero.

my wife's favourite movie and she'd hug you for that choice 

I'm spoken for, but glad to know I've still got it going on.

RobDavies

Judgement Night. 

Terrible film - most awesomest soundtrack ever created. 

https://youtu.be/SkbojpSsRdQ 

freakboy1610

Donnie Darko or Restless Natives 

DiscoStu

Singles
Natural Born Killers

vasselmeyer

freakboy1610 said:

Donnie Darko or Restless Natives 

I'm assuming you mean "Donnie Brasco" as I can't think how anything in Donnie Darko could relate to gangsters. "Restless Natives", to me, is more of a buddy-movie with its Robin Hood sensibilities.

shrinkwrap

A Clockwork Orange

vasselmeyer

shrinkwrap said:

A Clockwork Orange

Is also not a gangster movie...more a gang movie, which isn't necessarily the same.

Chuffola

Natural Born Killers - superb tracks throughout and the album kept little bits of dialogue in the right places.  Worth it for L7's Shit List alone